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Understanding Dental Malpractice: Protecting Patients' Rights in Maine and Beyond

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Your Rights After Dental Malpractice: Seeking Compensation for Damages

If a dentist's negligence causes harm, you may have a dental malpractice claim. Victims can seek compensation for medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering, cosmetic issues, and reduced quality of life due to the injury.

We Routinely Represent Injured Patients In All Varieties Of Medical Malpractice Including:

The best lawyers, the most resources, and over $1.45 billion for our clients

Berman & Simmons’ lawyers are widely recognized as the best personal injury lawyers in Maine. But for us, that is not enough. With our unique resources and talent, we strive to be among the best in the country.

We have obtained several of the largest medical malpractice jury verdicts and settlements in Maine; a record built on experience, knowledge, and determined advocacy. But understanding complex medical issues and proving fault in these cases require much more than mastery of the law. We have access to the world’s leading and most highly credentialed medical experts whose analysis and testimony are often pivotal in our efforts to obtain full compensation for our clients. Those efforts have resulted in the recovery of over $1.45 billion for our personal injury clients.

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Settlement for a Client Arising from a Permanent Nerve Injury caused by a Dental Procedure

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What are some common types of dental malpractice?

Malpractice claims are most often seen in the fields of prosthodontics (involving tooth replacement), endodontics (involving the insides of teeth), and restorative dentistry (involving veneers, fillings, and similar treatments). Here are common types of dental malpractice.

  • Unnecessary cosmetic or dental procedures or surgery
  • Failure to detect periodontal disease
  • Failure to diagnose oral cancer
  • Errors causing nerve damage to face, lips, jaw, or tongue
  • Improper sterilization of instruments and equipment
  • Improper administration of anesthetics
  • Errors in performing root canals
  • Failing to diagnose or properly treat infections
  • Other injuries to patients

No other firm in Maine can match our resources and expertise

No other firm in Maine can match the depth of our expertise and the resources we use to bring these complex cases to a successful conclusion. We pride ourselves in taking on and winning cases that other lawyers have turned down because they knew how challenging, costly, and time-consuming the case will be or they didn’t have the experience, expertise, and resources to identify the malpractice.

Maine has strict statutes of limitations for the filing a dental malpractice complaint. This is another reason why it is critical to consult with us as soon as possible if you think you might be a victim of dental malpractice.

A Law Firm That Listens

Berman & Simmons is widely recognized as the best personal injury lawyers in Maine and among the best in the U.S., having won many of the largest jury verdicts and settlements ever obtained for injured people in Maine.

Our trial lawyers have won thousands of claims on behalf of those injured in a car accident, and each year we build on that successful track record.

Our attorneys and staff members will take the time to listen to you, work to understand your concerns, and come up with solutions that can make your life better, including obtaining payment for or deferral of your debts until your case is resolved. We help you recover and make sure you receive full compensation for your injuries and loss.